(a) This section applies only in Worcester County.
(b) The Commission may issue an amusement gaming license to a family entertainment center that satisfies the requirements of this section.
(c) A family entertainment center may apply to the Commission for a license under this section if the family entertainment center:
(1) is located in a building that is owned, leased, or occupied by the family entertainment center for the primary purpose of providing amusement devices to the public;
(2) receives a majority of the gross receipts from amusement, merchandise, redemption, or skills–based devices;
(3) markets its business to families with children;
(4) offers amusement devices, arcade games, crane games, video games, interactive and sporting games, amusement rides, miniature golf, and bowling; and
(5) is in continuous operation in the same geographic location since 1975.
(d) (1) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may operate:
(i) skills–based devices that award noncash prizes of minimal value; and
(ii) up to 10 skills–based devices that award noncash prizes with a minimal wholesale value that does not exceed $599.
(2) The Commission shall determine the value of the noncash prizes that may be awarded by a skills–based device under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.
(e) A family entertainment center may not exchange merchandise for money.
(f) The Commission may determine that a device at a family entertainment center is an illegal gaming device and order the device to be removed from the family entertainment center.
(g) A family entertainment center that holds an amusement gaming license issued under this section may not transfer the license to another geographic location.